New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.

Plaintiff’s spouse used a commercial talcum powder daily for a period of more than
ten years during the 1960s and early 1970s. Decades later, she developed mesothelioma and died as a result. Plaintiff brought this action, alleging that use of the cosmetic powder
was... More...   $0 (05-12-2022 - NY)

St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, sued Defendant on a product liability claiming that the mesothelioma, a form of caner, that he suffers was caused by asbestos he was exposed to while fixing brakes as a gas station mechanic in the 1960s led to his illness.... More...   $10000000 (03-11-2022 - MO)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense attorneys represented defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act regulations that control the safe removal, handling and disposal of asbestos.

Kristofer Landell and Stephanie Laskin were indicted for engaging in a year-long conspiracy to violate federal and New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) regulations intended to prevent ... More...   $0 (12-01-2021 - NY)

Binghamton, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with negligently releasing asbestos and thereby exposing victims to an increased risk of death or serious bodily injury.

Roger Osterhoudt, 58, of Saugerties, New York, was charged with a Clean Air Act violation.

"Operators of asbestos demolition and renovation projects are responsible for how this dangero... More...   $0 (05-22-2021 - NY)

Albany, New York illegal removal of asbestos charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Stephanie Laskin, 45, of Newburgh, along with several others, conspired to illegally remove asbestos from a former IBM site in Kingston, now known as TechCity in 2015 and 2016. The facility in question contained over 400,000 square feet of regulated asbestos-containing material (RACM), as well as an ... More...   $0 (04-09-2021 - NY)

Syracuse, NY - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charge with conspiracy to illegally remove asbestos.

Gunay Yakup, 31, of Newburgh, joined an existing conspiracy to illegally remove asbestos from a former IBM site in Kingston. The facility in question contained over 400,000 square feet of regulated asbestos-containing material (RACM), as well as an additional 6,000 linear feet... More...   $0 (03-27-2021 - NY)

In this strict products liability, negligence, and fraud case, plaintiff
Susan Jean Bader (Bader), the representative of the estate of Patricia
Schmitz (Schmitz), sues defendant Avon Products, Inc. (Avon) alleging that
Schmitz used Avon’s perfumed talc powder products for around 20 years, and
that these products contained asbestos and caused Schmitz’s mesothelioma.1
The trial c... More...   $0 (10-01-2020 - CA)

This insurance coverage dispute between Appellant Textron Inc.
(Textron) and respondent Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
(Travelers) raises the issue whether an earlier choice of law ruling in a
Rhode Island coverage action between the parties qualifies for collateral
and judicial estoppel effect, thus precluding Textron from seeking
coverage under California law in the cu... More...   $0 (02-27-2020 - CA)

New York, NY - Donna Olson and her husband sued Johnson & Johnson on product liability theories claiming that she developed mesothelioma as a direct result of using Johnson's Baby Powder product, which she claimed contains asbestos.... More...   $325000000 (05-31-2019 - OK)

Bethany and James Modisette, along with their daughter Isabella, sued Apple Inc.
after they were seriously injured, and their daughter Moriah was killed, when a driver
using the FaceTime application on his iPhone crashed into their car on a Texas highway.
The trial court sustained Apple’s demurrer to the Modisettes’ first amended complaint
and dismissed the action. The Modisettes a... More...   $0 (12-16-2018 - CA)

While living in Massachusetts, James Waite was exposed repeatedly to asbestos, some of which was mined and sold by Union Carbide Corporation. More than twenty-five years after his initial asbestos exposure, Mr. Waite moved to Florida, where he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Mr. Waite and his wife, Sandra Waite, filed a lawsuit in Florida state court against a group of defendants that included Un... More...   $0 (08-31-2018 - FL)

This is the second appeal arising out of a lawsuit by
plaintiff Elizabeth Alfaro,1 in which she alleged that she
developed mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos
contained in talcum powder products. Her claims for negligence
and strict product liability proceeded to trial against two
defendants, including appellant Colgate-Palmolive Company
(Colgate), a talcum pow... More...   $0 (08-09-2018 - CA)

Newark, NJ - Stephen Lanzo, III, and wife sued Johnson & Johnson and Imergys on product liability theories claiming that M. Lanzo developed mesothelioma as a direct result of exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder supplied to it by Imerys.

Lanzo claied that he used talcum power for decades and that it contained asbestos.

Johnson & Johnson denied that its baby pow... More...   $37000000 (04-08-2018 - NJ)

In 2015, John Edward Clark was diagnosed with mesothelioma,
a cancer caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers. At that time, Mr.
Clark was nearing completion of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan that
he and his wife, Michele, had entered into in 2010. Although the
Clarks fulfilled their last remaining obligations under the plan within
a matter of weeks, their bankruptcy proceedin... More...   $0 (04-02-2018 - NY)

Luis Gonzalez, a professional window washer, filed a
premises liability action against John Mathis. Mathis moved for
summary judgment, arguing that Gonzalez’s status as an
independent contractor precluded his claims. The trial court
granted the motion. We reverse, concluding there are triable
issues of fact whether Mathis can be held liable for Gonzalez’s
injuries.
FACT... More...   $0 (02-20-2018 - CA)

Plaintiffs husband and wife sued for asbestos-related injury against numerous
defendants, including defendant Familian Corporation. Familian moved for summary
judgment on the basis that plaintiffs could not show exposure to asbestos in a Familianrelated
product. Plaintiffs’ opposition included a declaration from a third party witness
who had not been deposed, who testified in detai... More...   $0 (12-28-2017 - CA)

Under California law, a brand-name drug manufacturer has a duty to warn
of known or reasonably knowable adverse effects arising from an individual’s use
of its drug. (See Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co. (1973) 9 Cal.3d 51, 65.) In this
case, we examine whether — and if so, under what circumstances — a brandname
drug manufacturer may be sued under a theory of “warning label” liability... More...   $0 (12-25-2017 - CA)